The US presidential administration talked about the role of the "Peace Council"

The US-formed "Peace Council" does not aim to replace the United Nations (UN). This was announced on January 28 by the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"This is not a replacement for the United Nations," the politician stressed during a hearing in the relevant Senate committee.

According to him, some European states have decided not to join because they need the constitutional approval of parliament to participate.

Rubio also said that in the case of the Gaza Strip, the UN has brought "very little benefit," with the exception of food aid.

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Experts talked about what role Russia can play in the new organization.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani announced on January 24 that the country has no plans to join the "Peace Council." In turn, the Slovak government decided not to join the "Peace Council", the Cabinet of Ministers "warned against the creation of parallel international structures" outside the UN.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a day earlier that they could not accept the Peace Council's governance structure in Germany, even for constitutional reasons.

On January 20, Egypt accepted Trump's invitation to join the Peace Council organization. Azerbaijan, Argentina, Bahrain, Belarus, Hungary, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Israel, and Morocco have previously agreed to the initiative to join the council. After that, on January 21, the initiative of the US president was officially supported in a statement by the foreign ministers of eight Middle Eastern countries — Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt.

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